Pair of Rowel Spurs
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The neck of each of these spurs is shaped as a bird’s body and head. All of the surface, buckles included, is decorated with foliage scrolls using blauätzung (blue etching). This technique consist of completely blueing the surface of the metal by heating it up to a certain temperature, and then etching out the background so the blue motifs would stand out against the white iron. Unfortunately the blueing has turned black with time. Their exceptional proportions indicate they would have been used on large cavalry boots.
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